Chapter 15

Shen Man glanced at Zhang Fengxia and nodded, “I just woke up, Mom, Sister-in-law, it’s not good to talk about people behind their backs, you should be more careful in the future.”

“I don’t mind, I’ve gotten used to being gossiped about since I married in.”

“But this bad habit of yours isn’t good, what if you gossip about someone and they hear you, they might not be as good-tempered as me.”

She said, she left these words behind and walked past the two of them to the kitchen to boil water and wash up.

Zhang Fengxia looked at Shen Man’s back as she entered the kitchen, her face instantly turned ugly.

“Mom, you’re a mother-in-law, you should control her properly, look at her, the way she walks into the kitchen, her waist and butt are twisting and turning, she doesn’t look proper at all.”

“What kind of good daughter-in-law would act like that, no wonder there were always so many men staring at her when Zhengguo wasn’t back.”

“Especially, she was just now indirectly scolding us two.”

Lu Mu sighed, she waved her hand and turned to go into the kitchen.

If she had the ability, would she have let Shen Man in the house?

But she knew her son, he disliked this kind of delicate and charming woman the most.

If Shen Man keeps making trouble like this, it’s only a matter of time before they get divorced.

She doesn’t need to get involved.

After Lu Mu entered the kitchen, Shen Man had just finished washing up and went into the kitchen to cook.

Since the day she married into the Lu family, the chores in the house have been rotated among the women.

It was her turn today, otherwise she wouldn’t have gotten up so early.

After making breakfast for the whole family, she had to hurry to work, eat at the factory canteen at noon, and come back to cook at night.

Shen Man looked at the food in the house, she finally decided to cook a pot of porridge and a plate of pickled vegetables.

The pickled vegetables were ready, and cooking porridge wouldn’t take much time.

Usually, the Lu family’s breakfast was basically thin porridge with pickled vegetables, or cornmeal steamed bread with pickled vegetables.

Lu Mu came in and saw Shen Man cooking porridge, she remembered what happened last night and her daughter-in-law’s strong personality.

She cautiously said, “Manman, Mom misunderstood you last night, don’t take it to heart. Your sister-in-law has a sharp tongue but a kind heart, don’t argue with her.”

“Hongmei has been spoiled by me since she was a child, and now she’s about to go to the countryside, she knows she’s wrong now, just forgive her this time.”

Shen Man didn’t look up, she lowered her head and stirred the porridge in the pot, “Mom, what are you saying, as long as they apologize to me, I’m not someone who holds a grudge.”

“You don’t need to specially come over to plead for them.”

Lu Mu gave a dry laugh and didn’t say anything more.

If they would come over, why would she have to come here and suffer this?

Seeing that Shen Man was unmoved, Lu Mu walked out of the kitchen.

Soon, the porridge was cooked, and the pickled vegetables were also served.

The Lu family members came to the table one after another, except for Lu Zhengguo who went out early in the morning, everyone else was there.

Shen Man busied herself for a while, she finally got to sit down and eat, after eating, she had to hurry to work.

“Where’s my second brother?” Lu Hongmei held her bowl and looked at the empty seat.

Lu Mu subconsciously looked at Shen Man, seeing that she didn’t react, she explained, “Zhengguo went out early this morning, he probably has something to do, he told us not to worry about him.”

Zhang Fengxia poked the porridge in her bowl with her chopsticks, “Sister-in-law, your porridge is too thick.”

“Our family’s monthly ration, how can it stand such waste, if this continues, we’ll probably starve before the end of the month.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Lu family stopped, they lowered their heads and looked at the porridge in their bowls.

It was indeed thick, they must have put a lot of rice in.

Lu Mu only realized this problem at this time, she had been too busy pleading with Shen Man.

She was heartbroken, she couldn’t help but say.

“Second daughter-in-law, you’ve also been hungry in the past, why don’t you know how to save food?”

“The rice you used today is enough for the family to eat twice.”

Back then, people starved to death, you could see swollen corpses from hunger on the streets at any time.

She almost starved to death too.

Even though things have gotten better in recent years, the monthly ration still needs to be carefully calculated, otherwise, the whole family would only be able to starve at the end of the month.

Shen Man nodded and continued to drink her porridge, “Hmm, I’ll pay attention next time.”

She had just transmigrated yesterday, this was the first time she cooked, she didn’t know how to judge the amount of food, it was indeed her fault.

Seeing this, Lu Mu didn’t know what else to say, but looking at the thick white porridge in her bowl, she was still too heartbroken to eat it.

Lu Fu, who was sitting beside her, sighed, “The rice is already in the pot, there’s nothing we can do, just eat a good meal.”

Lu Hongmei was happy to eat, anyway, the food was going into her stomach, the more she ate now, the more she gained.

Zhang Fengxia thought the same way, she quickly added half a spoonful of porridge to her two children’s bowls.

After finishing their meal, Shen Man cleaned up the kitchen, put on her blue work uniform and went out to work.

Currently, the Lu family has jobs except for Lu Hongmei and Lu Mu.

Originally, Lu Mu also worked at a nearby clothing factory, but one of Zhang Fengxia’s requirements when she married in was for the Lu family to find her a job.

Lu Zhengbing wouldn’t marry anyone but Zhang Fengxia, so Lu Mu had to give her job to her.

Lu Zhengbing’s job was just a temporary job, also at the mechanical factory, he earned over twenty yuan a month.

Lu Fu was a regular worker at the mechanical factory, he earned over thirty yuan a month.

After Shen Man left the Lu family, she walked along the familiar street towards the textile factory.

The textile factory she works at is about half an hour’s walk away.

She hadn’t walked far.

A familiar man’s voice came from behind, “Shen Man…”

Shen Man was stunned, she subconsciously turned to look.

A man with a gentle and handsome appearance was riding a 28-inch bicycle towards her.

It was Qi Yuan, the “adulterer” who called her sister-in-law when she just transmigrated yesterday.

He was also Lu Zhengguo and the male lead Gu Yang’s childhood friend.

The original owner grew up with Gu Yang since she was a child, naturally, she also knew Qi Yuan and Lu Zhengguo.

It’s just that she didn’t like them back then, she thought they didn’t have any potential, so she didn’t interact with them much.

But she didn’t expect that when she grew up, the original owner ended up liking Lu Zhengguo instead, she was cold and indifferent to Gu Yang.

Qi Yuan rode his bicycle over and stopped beside Shen Man.

He got off the bike and pushed it in front of her.

“It’s still a distance to your workplace, you can ride a bike to get there faster.”

Shen Man looked up at him, “What about you?”

She remembered that Qi Yuan’s mechanical factory and the textile factory she worked at were about the same distance.

Qi Yuan was stunned, then he smiled, “Don’t worry, I still have time, I can walk.”

“Thank you, but no need, I can walk myself.” Shen Man shook her head and turned to walk forward.

Behind her, Qi Yuan quickly chased after her, “Shen Man, do you want to consider me?”

Although yesterday morning… nothing happened between them.

Shen Man stopped, “I forgot to tell you something, Lu Zhengguo is back, I’m not planning on getting a divorce.”

She was about to leave.

Not far ahead, Lu Zhengguo was riding a brand new bicycle, he just happened to look over.